Redskins

[slab0meat]

Who even says "redskins" in a derogatory way, outside of an old western film from the '40s? In the Red Mesa Unified School District in northeastern Arizona, they have a football team called the "Redskins", and the superintendant, a member of the Navajo nation, defends the name and has no plans to change it. The idea that a huge number of Indians - and no, they don't prefer "Native American", polls and studies have shown - are offended is just wrong. I have an acquaintance in New Mexico, half-Indian himself, who recently broached the subject to the tribal leadership in his area, and the concensus among them was that the current "Redskins" controversy is silly and a big joke.

THOSE opinions are quickly dismissed or ignored. Only the offended ones are recognized.

[beachpetrol]

Here's a letter from Bruce Allen earlier this year, with some facts about the Redskins name/logo.

http://files.redskins.com/pdf/letter...ruce-allen.pdf

[NEFAN]

Here's a letter from Bruce Allen earlier this year, with some facts about the Redskins name/logo.

http://files.redskins.com/pdf/letter...ruce-allen.pdf

Very interesting read!

[sox83cubs84]

The PC Police are on the rise again. This time, it's at the University of Minnesota, where the Gophers' stadium is being used in 2014 to house Vikings games, and where the Redskins are due to play this season.

The University is refusing to allow the use of the name "Redskins" in any spoken or written capacity, and they have told the Redskins that they expect them to wear an alternate uniform that does not depict the team name nor the current helmet logo.

Fortunately, the Gophers PC Police may be foiled in their attempts to impose their will on everyone else. The final call on uniform usage rests with the NFL, not the stadium.

Dave Miedema